Citation: J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 424 (1926).

Synonymy: Schuermannia homoranthoides F. Muell., Linnaea 25:387 (1853); Genethyllis schuermannii F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:12 (1858); D. schuermannii (F. Muell.)Benth., J. Linn. Soc.(Bot.) 9:181 (1865).

Common name: Port Lincoln scent-myrtle.

Description:
Prostrate shrub often under 12 cm high and rooting at the nodes; leaves decussate, linear, triquetrous, mucronulate, 6-10 mm long.

Flowers erect, solitary in the leaf axils of the branchlets; bracteoles obovate, creamy to pinkish, with a green keel, mucronate, 6-7 mm long; hypanthium c. 5 mm long, papillose between the ribs near the summit; sepals and petals white, c. 3 mm long, the sepals lanceolate, the petals ovate; anthers red; style finally to c. 20 mm long; ovules 2-10.

Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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